Integral Health with Ben Calder

What a wonderful opportunity we have here today, speaking with Anne Schubert, who developed the Mind/Body and has been exploring Bowen for over 38 years.

Anne shares with us her history of how she went from school teaching to Bowen and the development of the Mind/Body approach she has been using now for many years.

We discuss the value of letting the inherent wisdom of the body guide the process and how that incorporates the mind, body, emotions, and spiritual aspects of our nature. Anne shares from her experience why the less is best method...

Hi everyone, another great interview for you today, speaking with one of the longer-standing members of the Bowen community in Australia, who was chair of the Bowen Association of Australia for 15 years and is the chair of Bowen Training Australia, he is also the voice of the Bowen Buzz Podcast.

Chris and I explore his history and what took him from being a successful chef into the field of bodywork and Bowen, how he's developed that for himself since 1997 to include his study of Myotherapy and his use of Hyperbaric Oxygen in his clinic in the home of...

Hi everyone, I have another exciting interview with you today with a real master of fascial work, Steven Goldstein.

Steven has been in professional practice for almost 40 years now, starting in massage and holistic medicine in the 1980's and then developing a specialism for Integrative Fascia Release from the 90's with over 30 years of teaching fascia work.

He founded the Fascial Therapy Institute in 2002. We are excited that Steven will be coming to the UK in Autumn 2025 to share 4 of his wonderful courses.

This really was a fascinating interview and prompted our interviewer, Ben...

Hi everyone, todays interview has got to be one of the most powerful and moving stories I've heard regarding Bowen Technique.

Today we are speaking with College of Bowen tutor and Mindfulness teacher Kathryn Hamer. Kathryn shares her incredible story of how she started to have Bowen from her mum, also a Bowen practitioner, for the advanced carpal tunnel syndrome she had, having been told that surgery was her only option and she'd never work with her hands. Not only did the Bowen clear the carpal tunnel syndrome, but for the first time in years, it gave Kathryn...

I have another really interesting episode for you here today with Bowen Practitioner and Life Coach Sharon Scholfield, who has over 35 years of experience in HR, training, coaching and career guidance.

Sharon has found she is especially good at working with people with neurodiversity and offers coaching calls and support as well as helping practitioners understand simple ways they can coach their own clients.

We look at some of the problems practitioners can encounter in their businesses, what success looks like, how to manage burnout, transitioning into greater business and how to transition out when it's...

Hi everyone, I've got another great interview for you today, with holistic podiatrist and Bowen practitioner Mitchel Mosher, who is based in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.

Mitchel is celebrating 30yrs of Bowen Therapy this year after being taught by Milton Albrecht.

He's the author of the book "Bowen Therapy: A Complete Practitioner's Guide"

We explore Mitchel's career development from being a conventional podiatrist, through to how Bowen transformed his clinic and the results he was getting and how he developed further by bringing MSTR, Craniosacral Therapy, NATE, psychological clearing and Life Enhancement work into...

I am really excited to bring you another great interview in our series of discussions with Bowen Teachers from around the world, today we bring you this really interesting discussion with College of Bowen Studies Introduction Course Tutor Annie Hall. 

Annie's story is unique in that she lives on a fairly small island off the coast of Scotland UK, the Isle of Mull. She moved there to support her father and raise her children and developed for herself a very successful massage business, doing a lot of care for the over 65's and getting a lot of referrals f...

Welcome to the next of our exciting interviews with Bowen Teachers from around the world.

Today I have a great interview with Bowen College UK teacher Jun Chow to look as his CPD workshop the Neurological Approach to Bowen.

Jun takes us through his history, starting with his degree in Animal Science and his ideas of working with horses and how that led to training in Bowen (without having had a session himself at that time!)

We explore how he became interested in the neurological aspects of Bowen and why he feels muscle testing...

Hey everyone, great to see you again.

I have another very interesting video for you, with pain and movement specialist and founder of the Bigger than Pain program, David McGettigan.

David has a really interesting history of trying to solve the chronic pain issues he developed in his teens, which led him to a degree in sports rehabilitation, which, disappointingly, did not help him solve his issues. He then trained in the Anatomy in Motion work of Gary Ward and Jose Palomar's P-DTR, which has had an influence on the muscle testing that is coming through...

I'm very excited to bring you another wonderful interview from the world of Bowen Technique.

Today I am speaking with Russell Sturges, the founder and developer of Fascial Kinetics, perhaps the original offshoot from the initial form of Bowen Technique taught by Bowtech.

Russel explores his early start in the world of bodywork from doing osteopathic massage as a teenager, through to the training and development that lead him to found Fascial Kinetics.
We then explore more about his mindfulness, personal and spiritual development programs and why he feels these are so essential to being...

Welcome to the next in my series of interviews with leading voices in the world of Bowen Technique and manual therapy.

Today we have a topic I know many people on the Bowen forums ask about regularly, is it safe to do Bowen Technique with clients who have a cancer diagnosis?

Eleanor guides us gently through this while highlighting the need for training and understanding, empathy and compassion.
She shares with us her background in medical tech, all the years she spent diagnosing conditions in the lab and how that lead on to her becoming...

I have a wonderful interview for you today with Helen Dobra, the co-founder and co-ordinator of the Natural Therapy Institute, organiser of the Bowen Global Summit and producer of the Bowen documentary "These Two Hands" which takes a beautiful exploration through the Life of Tom Bowen.

Helen talks about how she found Bowen as a way of dealing with injuries acquired through her Himalayan adventures and how it was important in her road to recovery and how this led to exploring trauma release through the TRTP system and the trauma work of Anne Schubert, and becoming a Qigong...

Welcome to the next of my interviews of 2025, where I am joined by Visual Artist, Breathing and Bowen Techer Laura van Tattenhove. 

In this interview, we explore the importance and the simplicity of breathing and why it is such a useful skill to master.
We also explore the relationship of art and creative expression in the understanding of anatomy and why there is so much difficulty in becoming a healthy breather.

If you'd like to learn more about Laura's work, you can find her here https://bowencollege.org.uk/tutors/laura-van-tatenhove/
https://www.bowentherapylancaster.c...

Hello again everyone,

I am really pleased to bring my next interview with leading voices in the Bowen and bodywork world.
Today we are talking to Alastair McLoughlin, ex-Bowen Teacher and developer of McLoughlin Scar Tissue Release and The Art of Bodywork training.

Alastair has a long career, starting in massage in 1983, and after building a highly successful practice, went on to qualify in Bowen Technique in 1994.
He was invited to teach for the Bowen Academy of Australia in 1997. He went on to develop his own range of techniques, with his particular interest in...

A Holistic Path to Wellness with Bowen Therapy, Kinesiology, and Qigong – Ben Calder on the Healers Café 


In this episode of The Healers Café, Manon Bolliger, FCAH, RBHT, speaks with Ben Calder about his transformative journey into integrative healing, exploring how personal challenges led him to embrace modalities like kinesiology, Bowen therapy, and Qigong to empower others in their health journeys.

Highlights from today’s episode include:
Ben Calder  They would have a logic, okay, if we’ve got a mind component, do we need to do anything with the mind? If we’ve got a body an...

Hello everyone, wow have I got a wonderful interview lined up for you today.

It is with great gratitude and respect, I get to share my interview with world leading anatomist Gil Hedley, founder of Integral Anatomy.

Gil has been teaching “integral anatomy” in the dissection laboratory, via keynotes and speaking tours, and online via his extensive website and subscription portal, www.gilhedley.com, and his YouTube channel, "Somanaut," since 1995. He is the producer of The Integral Anatomy Series, the Anatomy from A to Z Project, and The Nerve Project, as well as being the author of s...

Welcome to the next of my interviews looking at leading voices in the world of Bowen Technique.

I am really excited to share this next instalment, where we interview Ross Emmett, who many of you will know as the founder of EMMETT Technique, a worldwide technique for helping with pain and movement issues.

Ross has also been involved in the development of Bowen Technique and taught for 8 years from 1988 and shared the evolving forms of his technique, which began before he knew any body therapy, with many of the early pioneers of Bowen, some of whom...

Welcome along to the next in my series of interviews with some of the leading voices in the Bowen Technique world right now.

In this episode, I am really grateful to have Lindsay Holder, lead UK tutor for Smart Bowen.

Lindsay takes us through her history from studying Equine Sciences at University, her introduction to Bowen, which came just from wanting to use it with horses, to why she rates Smart Bowen.

We also explore her work in the canine and equine world with Bowen and why she feels that is such a special...

Welcome along to the next in the series of interviews with leading figures in the Bowen world right now.

I'm excited to share this episode, where I talk to Joanne Hewitt of Bowen College UK who has the vision of seeing a Bowen Practitioner in every GP surgery.
She was inspired while working as a practice manager in a GP surgery by Paula Esson and decided to make a career shift and train in Bowen (whilst pregnant) and went on to do a lot of work with children and pregnant women.

Joanne talks to us...

Welcome to the next in my series of interviews with leading figures in the world of Bowen Technique.

I am grateful to share some time with the founder of The Bowen College Canada - Manon Bolliger, who aside from her wonderful work in Bowen Technique, is also a published author, TEDX speaker and a deregistered Naturopath. In our interview, we talk about how Manon worked with Ossie and went on to develop the modular system of Bowen teaching before moving to start the Bowen College in Canada so she could include more aspects that she felt were relevant...

Hello once again from me as I bring you the next of the interviews with the BTPA.

In this episode I'm very excited to be interviewing Jihan Adem of the Bowen College UK. We talk about her history and how she got into Bowen before getting into why she is so passionate about teaching this work and what her deep interests are; TMJ, Breathing and their relationship to sleep.

We also talk to her about her upcoming CPD workshop for the BTPA AGM on 5th October 2024 - open to members and non-members, where she is sharing...

Here we are with the next in our series of interviews with leading teachers in the field of Bowen Technique.

Today I am really excited to have the (infamous) Gus de la Querra of the Body Rewired. Any of you who have been following Gus's social media will know he's the King of Vagus (no Elvis puns intended - honestly).

Gus and I talked through his history and how he found Bowen Technique before exploring the development of the Simply Vagus and Lymphatic work he teaches, plus we look at his new program "Reset 101" which includes...

In the next of the series of interviews with prominent teachers and thinkers in the world of the Bowen Technique, I am really excited to share our latest interview with Canadian Bowen teacher and Homeopath Jonathan Damonte.

Jonathan has been involved in the founding of Bowen Canada and the Bowen Therapy Clinics, the North American Bowen Teaching College and Bowen Online. He is a registered homeopath and has created the training portal Homeopathy Simplified for people to understand how they can use homeopathy in an easy way.

In this episode, we talk about how Jonathan came...

Welcome everyone to another of the interviews in this series to speak with some of the renowned teachers of Bowen around the world.

In this episode I'm grateful to be joined by John Wilks of Our Birth Journey, a well known and well regarded teacher of Bowen for many years who gave attended the BTPA AGM in 2023 and gave a fascinating workshop on considerations around pregnancy and birth for mother and baby.

It was great to talk more with John about his work and the importance of it. Which also underpins the importance of the CPD...

In the next of our series of interviews with key figures and teachers in the world of Bowen, it is our great pleasure to share our interview with Paula Esson.

Paula has been an exceptional example of tenacity and diligence when it comes to getting Bowen into the more mainstream focus and use in the NHS. Having pioneered the Northern Integrative Health Practice (NHIP) a collaborative partnership between the NHS and a multi-disciplinary team for chronic pain management, Paula has led the way in helping Bowen gain the recognition it really deserves.

Paula talks about her...

In the next of my interviews with leading teacher in the Bowen Technique, we are speaking to the lead tutors of the College of Bowen Studies (CBS) here in the UK, Colin Murray and Jo Wortley.

In this interview, we get to hear a little of their history and how they came to Bowen (from Martial Arts and the automotive industry - but guess who did what!) and how they have come to be teaching Bowen in the UK.

We also talk about the developments in the College of Bowen Studies, the updates and improvements to...

In the next of our series of interviews, we are excited to have Phil Steward as our guest. Phil is the brains behind the most recent School of Bowen in the UK Assessment Led Bodywork Training which has been partly inspired by his work with Graham Pennington, who Phil spent time with in Australia and was encouraged by Graham to develop his approach to teaching.

We explore why he's taken this approach to training in the interview Phil also teaches the "Fine Tuning the Neck" workshops, a recognised CPD class with both the BTPA and CBS and we...

In the third of my new interviews, I speak to Ron Phelan, another of the really big names in the Bowen Technique world.

In this interview, we discuss how Ron found his way from electrical engineering to Bowen Technique and the similarities between them, how he went on to develop his PASC - Practitioner Assessment Skills Courses and his approach to hormonal work through Bowen Technique that was pioneered by Trevor Rose.

Ron talks about what he finds important in assessment and treatment in Bowen, demonstrating how much a multi-disciplinary approach can add to the core...

In the second of our fascinating new interviews with some of the key figures in Bowen Technique today, I'm really excited to share this interview with Graham Pennington to talk about his wonderful Importance of Symmetry work.

You'll see my brief fan-boy moment at the start of the interview as Graham's work has made a wonderful contribution to how I approach working with Bowen Technique with my clients.

We explore Graham's history and how he came to develop this highly beneficial assessment process, as well as talk about what he sees as important directions for bodywork...

I'm really excited to share the first of a series of interviews I'm doing for the the Bowen Therapy Professional Association (BTPA) to talk with some of the major researchers and developers of Bowen Technique to support both students and practitioners of Bowen Technique and for the public to have a better understanding of Bowen Technique and associated developments in body work.

In this first interview, I talk with Michael Nixon-Livy, who has developed NST (Neurostructural Integration Technique) and the significant and important Osteospinal seminars that underpin his work. It was fascinating to hear about Michael's history and...

I'm really grateful to have an opportunity to talk with my brother Sai Calder, the founder of LifeForce Qigong, about his Qigong practice and how it's evolved over the years. We talk about how he has developed LifeForce Qigong and why he felt this was a requirement for his health and well-being, his journey in self-development. We also talk about his 2024 visit to the UK and the residential retreat he'll be holding in Trigonos in Snowdonia, North Wales, entitled "Waking the 5 Element Spirits - A Light of the Inner You"

Embarking on an expansive journey through the realms...

In this episode, I was really grateful to be interviewed by Laura Mac from Transforming you Live to talk about LifeForce Qigong.
We touched on a few other aspects of my work, including Bowen Technique, Kinesiology and the Epigenetics as well as the qigong.
As you all know Qi Gong is the deeper passion, that enriches my life and therefore my interaction in the world around me which therefore has a benefit on everyone else’s life as well.

I talk about life in relation to ‘Listening to the feedback, the noise that is constantly being prod...

It is a great pleasure to be interviewed again for the Transcending Explorations podcast by upcoming Integral and Health advocate Lachlan Dunn.

If you have missed the previous 2 episodes of this series you can find them here in my blog.

In this episode, Lachlan wanted my views on these really interesting questions that we see in Integral Theory

Waking Up
Cleaning up
Growing Up
Showing Up
In this discussion we are exploring what these ideas might mean and how we can experience and practice these in our daily lives.
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After the success of the first of the interview's with Australia's emerging Integral voice Lachlan Dunn, I was really pleased that he wanted to do a second interview.

At the end of our first interview https://bencalder.co.uk/blog/integral-general-theory/approaching-spirituality-and-spiritual-development-from-an-integral-perspective-with-ben-calder/ Lachlan said to me that he had only got about a third of the way through his notes of the things he wanted to discuss and of course I was happy to schedule another session so that we could talk more and so here you go.

In this session we are talking about the...

In this conversation, entitled "Approaching Spirituality And Spiritual Development From An Integral Perspective" we explore the following topics:

- My worldview
- Being able to take multiple perspectives and be flexible
- Nothing is important , it doesn't matter, life is neutral
- Most efficient and effective practices and modalities along bens awakening and healing journey
- Big mind meditation
- Human beings are too comfortable now compared to our ancestors
- Is the world a mirror reflection ?
- Infinitude of observations to take
- Where is the past and future ?<...

Recorded on #worldsuicidepreventionday Centre director Ben Calder talks to Marcus Matthews about his experiences with suicide and how it changed his life.

Marcus shares his journey from feeling suicidal to now helping others understand what his journey taught him about suicide and how feeling suicide and anxiety are about killing who you have become not who you are.

And as a gift to others in this situation you can access Marcus' Free Hypnotherapy Course and Recording available when you buy the book on Amazon

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Drowning-Anxiety-Successful-Marcus-Matthews-ebook/dp/B088G16KM6<...

It was a great pleasure (and with lots of laughter) to talk with my old friend and college Phil Clubley, who not only is a fellow kinesiologist, but is also the current chairman of the Kinesiology Federation, the UK's largest dedicated organisation for kinesiologists.
We explore kinesiology (I mean for those who don't know, wtf is it, how do we even say it?) and how it can be used for helping to keep us healthy and resolve issues on a number of levels, his role as the UK chair and the challenges the last year has brought and his...

In the 3rd of my interview series with the co-authors of the My 2020 book, released in July 2021, I get to talk to Emma last of Progressive Minds, the business health coach and founder of the Human Reboot Movement.
We talked about her move from corporate burn out to coaching and support individuals and businesses to really explore life balance in their culture.
Emma is also part of the amazing team with Jessica Prime working on the new My 2020 book to look at how 2020 was able to facilitate healthy change as well.
You can find out more about...

It was my great pleasure in this latest episode of the Integral Health podcast to chat with my friend and colleague Jo "Happiness" Howarth about her journey to be the founder of the "The Happiness Club". Jo is a well respected hypnotherapist who took her business in such a joyful direction, she is well worth listening to.
Jo is also one of the co-authors of the book My 2020, released in July 2021 on how the 1st year of the pandemic gave her opportunities to turn her challenges into opportunities.
Listen in for more and if you want to contact...

It was my great pleasure today to interview holistic aesthetician, face yogi, beauty guru, trainer and best selling author Kris Davies on her journey from training in beauty at Champneys in 1983 to recovering from Fibromyalgia to developing her own vegan skin care range for humans and animals to being a Face Yoga teacher and trainer.
There is no way this lady is 56, if you take a look at her before and after Face Yoga pictures, you can see that she walks her talk and her methods get results.
It was inspiring to hear her journey from being a...